622.450. Appellate review, procedure, record on appeal--docket placement, precedence--suspension of judgment pending hearing on appeal--applicable laws.

Appellate review, procedure, record on appeal--docket placement,precedence--suspension of judgment pending hearing onappeal--applicable laws.

622.450. 1. The division and any party who has participated in thedivision proceeding which produced the order or decision may, after theentry of judgment in the circuit court in any action in review, prosecutean appeal to a court having appellate jurisdiction in this state. Suchappeal shall be prosecuted as appeals from judgment of the circuit court incivil cases except as otherwise provided in this chapter. The originaltranscript of the record and testimony and exhibits, certified to by thedivision and filed in the circuit court in any action to review an order ordecision of the division, together with a transcript of the proceedings inthe circuit court, shall constitute the record on appeal to the supremecourt or any court of appeals.

2. Where an appeal is taken to the supreme court or the court ofappeals, the cause shall, on the return of the papers to the supreme courtor court of appeals, be immediately placed on the docket of the thenpending term by the clerk of the court and shall be assigned and brought toa hearing in the same manner as other causes on the then pending termdocket, but shall have precedence over all civil causes of a differentnature pending in the court.

3. The circuit court may in its discretion suspend its judgmentpending the hearing in the supreme court or court of appeals on appeal,upon the filing of a bond by the carrier, corporation or person with goodand sufficient security conditioned as provided for bonds upon actions forreview and by further complying with all terms and conditions of this lawfor the suspension of any order or decision of the division pending thehearing or review in the circuit court.

4. The general laws relating to appeals to the supreme court and thecourt of appeals in this state shall, so far as applicable and not inconflict with the provisions of this chapter, apply to appeals taken underthe provisions of this chapter.

(L. 1996 S.B. 780)